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Born ABroad

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Born ABroad

Jargon to avoid in scientific and technical writing

The following is a list of words, expressions and jargon to avoid in scientific and technical writing. The original list was posted on EST-L on the Internet with permission from the author by students of Roy Bowers, Center for Biological Research, La Paz, Mexico and posted on the Web (http://www.cibnor.conacyt.mx/est/day.html). The list was transcribed from Robert A. Day's outstanding books on technical writing:

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